what I really want is combeferre “affirmed nothing, not even miracles; denied nothing, not even ghosts” and grantaire “took great care not to believe in anything” getting into long, increasingly weird philosophical debates
Enjolras is actually very good at chess but gets upset over sacrificing pawns for the sake of the king and goes off about how monarchy is wrong while obliterating Combeferre in under ten moves.
Combeferre: Are you moving your knight or not?
Enjolras: … I am. Checkmate.
Courfeyrac: THAT’S YOUR THIRD GAME IN TEN MINUTES, WTF.
Prouvaire’s the one who gets upset if sacrificing the horses and towers is necessary.
Courfeyrac: Come on, man, is not a real horse!
Prouvaire: HE IS TO ME!
Ends up winning the game anyway and saying “I’ve done those horses justice today, they shall never be forgotten…”
Feuilly: why are you guys like this
Feuilly and Courfeyrac and Bossuet are the only people who do not have strong opinions about chess.